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Two U.S. Marines injured after MV-22 Osprey crash in Okinawa
By Andrew V. Pestano
| Dec. 13, 2016 at 2:07 PM
U.S. military personnel inspect the wreckage of the tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey aircraft that crash landed in the sea on December 13, off the coast of Nago, Okinawa Island, southwestern Japan, on December 14, 2016. Following the request of Japanese government, U.S. forces decided to ground all Osprey tilt-rotor military aircrafts. Photo by Hitoshi Maeshiro/Eueopean Pressphoto Agenc
OKINAWA, Japan, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Two U.S. Marines sustained injuries after an MV-22 Osprey carrying five crew members crashed about 6 miles from the coast of Okinawa, Japan, military officials said.
The incident occurred at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. The extent of injuries was not revealed.
"All five crewmembers aboard an MV-22 Osprey with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing were successfully rescued when their aircraft conducted a landing in shallow water off the Okinawa coastline of Camp Schwab," the III Marine Expeditionary Force said in a statement.
The crew was airlifted from the Kadena Air Base to the United States Naval Hospital in Camp Foster on the Okinawa Prefecture. An investigation into the incident has been launched.
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said the United States will return some land on the Okinawa military base to Japan
By Andrew V. Pestano
U.S. military personnel inspect the wreckage of the tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey aircraft that crash landed in the sea on December 13, off the coast of Nago, Okinawa Island, southwestern Japan, on December 14, 2016. Following the request of Japanese government, U.S. forces decided to ground all Osprey tilt-rotor military aircrafts. Photo by Hitoshi Maeshiro/Eueopean Pressphoto Agenc
OKINAWA, Japan, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Two U.S. Marines sustained injuries after an MV-22 Osprey carrying five crew members crashed about 6 miles from the coast of Okinawa, Japan, military officials said.
The incident occurred at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. The extent of injuries was not revealed.
"All five crewmembers aboard an MV-22 Osprey with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing were successfully rescued when their aircraft conducted a landing in shallow water off the Okinawa coastline of Camp Schwab," the III Marine Expeditionary Force said in a statement.
The crew was airlifted from the Kadena Air Base to the United States Naval Hospital in Camp Foster on the Okinawa Prefecture. An investigation into the incident has been launched.
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said the United States will return some land on the Okinawa military base to Japan
